Barn-door hanger.



No. 756,089. v PATENTED MAR. 29, 1904. W. S. WILSON. BARN DOOR HANGER.APPLIoATIoN FILED MAR. 19,*1902.

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` on that face of the cleat which comes next to center, through which.passes a rivet or bolt Vcitizen of the United States, residing at Con-Pennsylvania,have invented a certain new and UNITED STATES PatentedMarch e9, i904.

PATENT OFFICE.

BARN-DOOR HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,089, dated March29, 1904. .Y

Application filed March 19, 1902.

To all whom #may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER S. WILSON, a V

neaut Lake, county of Crawford, and State of useful Improvement inBarn-Door Hangers, of which the following is a` specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in barn-doorhangers, and has for its object to-provide a hanger which will bedurable and efficient in action, cheap in construction, and may be solapplied to the barn-door as to allow the track to be placed much nearerthe wall and will have other minor objects enumerated lin thebody ofthe' specification. l

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, and thenspecicall y designatedby the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same,the constructionand operation will now be described in detail, referring to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichaFigure 1 is a front View of a portion of a barn-door having myimprovements applied thereto, the door being broken away to better showthe same. Fig. 2 is `a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3, anenlarged detail section of tlie grooved wheel, showing the ball-bearingtherein. Y

A represents the framework of the wall of the barn above the doorway,and B the barn. door, which consists of the outside sheathing C and thecleat D, which extends horizontally the width of the door near the upperen d thereof. Y

E is the hanger-strap, which may be formed from sheet, wrought, or castmetal, and this hanger-strap is secured to the cleat D before thesheathing C is secured to the cleat and is the sheathing and is let inflush with said face by means of recesses approximately the shape of thediverging strips of the hanger-strap.

F is a guide which is formed of a flat strip of metal bent so as to forman eye F' in the Serial No. 99,008. (No model.)

F2 for securing the strip to the inner face of the hanger-strap. The twoends of the strip extend out from each side of the eye and have holesformed in the ends through which screws F3 may be passed to secure the4same to the upper edge of the cleat D, Thus this strip not only answersas a guide to keep the Wheel upon the track, but also shows exactlywhere hanger-strap is to be placed on cleat D and serves as a means forsecuring the hangerstrap to the upper edge of the cleat.

The upper end of the hanger-strap Eis bent over -back'upo'n itself so asto provide a housing and a double bearing for the wheel Gr.

This wheel G is provided with a hub whichr has two ball-bearing surfacesformed therein, and two cones H are inserted in the hub from each side,and between these cones and the bearing-surfaces upon the interior ofthe hub of the wheel areplaced the balls I. These cones H when y,placedtogether are of sufficient width to pass within the-housing formed bythe turn-over portion of the strap E, and then a rivet J is passedthrough the cones H and also through the double bearing provided uponeach side of the cone in the strap E. If desired, washers may be placedbetween the cones and the strap E upon each side and also between thecones themselves in the center for adjustment to make an easy-runningwheel.

K is a track which consists of a strip of metal running horizontally,and this track is supported at intervals by the brackets L, throughwhich pass the spike or lag-screws M into the framework of the wall ofthe barn.

After the strap E has been screwed to the cleat D the'sheathing C may bethen placed upon the cleats and the strap E secured to both the cleatsand the sheathing by means of the bolts N, which pass through thecleats, sheathing, and strap, and thus the weight of the door comes onthe center of thebolts N instead of at one end, as is usually the case,and by placing the hanger inside of the sheathing, so that the wheelcomes above the cleat D, said wheel and thereby the track K are broughtmuch closer to the Wall of the barn than is the case with the hangersnow in use, and thereby the brackets supporting the track may be muchlighter in construction than TOO those commonly used and still support amuch heavier door than usually, because of the fact that by beingbrought closer to the wall the leverage is decreased. In very heavydoors the straps E may be fastened to the cleat D by the guides F andthe hangers, together with the cleats, hung upon the track before thesheathing is applied and secure the sheathing to the cleats after saidcleats are hung, thereby doing away with the necessity of hanging aheavy door after the same is all put together.

O is the usual inclined drip-cap secured to the framework of thebarn-door above the dorway and is for the purpose of protecting the doorand the hangers from rain, snow, and the like. With my invention thisdripcap O may be made much narrower than in use with ordinarybarn-doors, because of the fact that the hangers are upon the inside ofthe door` and thereby nothing extends out beyond the sheathing of thedoor to require protection. By placing the hanger upon the inside of thesheathing also allows me to run the sheathing up to the under side ofthe dripcap O. This `makes a comparatively tight joint to prevent theentrance of cold air, rain, snow, or sleet into the barn. This is adistinct advantage over hangers of usual construction. Upon the upperend of the sheathing I provide an ordinary inclined door-cap P, whichiits underneath the drip-cap O and extends over the hanger. This is forthe purpose of protecting the hanger and conducting the rain to theoutside of the door when the door is standing open or from underneaththe drip-cap O.

H aving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new andusefulis In a device of the character described, a hanger-strap havingdiverging strips at one end and a housing formed at its opposite end, awheel journaled in the housing, a cleat having recesses on its innersurface approximately the shape of the diverging strips of thehanger-strap, bolts run through the cleat and sheathing of the doorwhereby the hanger is secured to a door, a guide having an eye formedintermediately its length and provided with apertures near its ends,said guide adapted to seat on the top edge of the cleat and secured tothe cleat by means of nails and to the hanger by a bolt run through theeye and harlger, and a suitable track secured to the wa In testimonywhereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WALTER S. WILSON.

Witnesses:

SARA N. JOHNSON, JOHN R. HOLMES.

